Tinnitus is a symptom that can leave you deaf. Tinnitus is the sensation of hearing ringing, buzzing, hissing, chirping, whistling, or other sounds. Tinnitus is caused by prolonged exposure to loud sounds. Carpenters, pilots, rock musicians, street-repair workers, landscapers, and soldiers are among those whose jobs put them at risk of loud sounds. The treatment for this is to have ear wax removed, treating a blood vessel condition, or changing your medications.
Tinnitus is when a person hears sounds like ringing, buzzing, hissing, chirping, whistling, or other sounds. It can be an extremely loud or quiet ringing, buzzing, hissing, chirping, whistling, or other sounds. The noise that can be heard can be intermittent or …show more content…
Tinnitus makes people feel distress. Prolonged exposure to loud sounds is the most common cause of tinnitus. 90% of people with tinnitus have some level of hearing loss. The loud noise causes permanent damage to the sound-sensitive cells of the cochlea, a spiral-shaped organ in the inner ear. Carpenters, pilots, rock musicians, street-repair workers, and landscapers are among those whose jobs put them at risk, as are the people who work with chainsaws, guns, or who repeatedly listen to loud music. Also, just one experience with an extremely loud noise can give a person tinnitus. The effects of tinnitus is extreme distress, depression, frequent mood swings, anxiety attacks, tension, irritability or frustration, poor concentration, and sleep problems. Extreme distress is when a person has great pain, anxiety, or sorrow. They also have physical and mental suffering, affliction, and trouble. Depression is when a person feels a severe despondency and dejection. Frequent mood swings are when a person has abrupt and apparently unaccountable change of mood in quick successions. Anxiety attacks are when people have chest pains, flushing skin, a racing heart, and difficulty breathing that can make you feel like you’re going to faint, lose your mind, or die, but the reality is, you won’t. Tension is when people have mental or emotional strain. Irritability and frustration is the quality or state of being irritable. Poor …show more content…
A very easy way to fix tinnitus is to get earwax removed. Not just with a q-tip (That actually will make it worse), a doctor will clean your ears with a small curved instrument called a curette, or gently flush it out with warm water. Surgery may be needed for blood vessel conditions. The surgery may need to occur on the ear bone. Anti-anxiety drugs such as Valium and Elavil help reduce tinnitus. The use of a steroid placed into the middle ear along with an anti-anxiety medicine called Alprazolam, and Misoprostol may be helpful in some cases. Tinnitus can be treated by earwax removal, treating a blood vessel condition, and changing